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FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION [2 records]

Record 1 2023-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
DEF

A partial or full reduction in a person's ability to perform an activity in a manner or within the range considered normal because of an impairment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
DEF

Réduction partielle ou totale de la capacité d'une personne d'accomplir une activité d'une façon normale ou dans les limites considérées comme normales à cause d'une déficience.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
  • Sociología de las personas con discapacidad
DEF

Situación de enfermedad o de padecimiento físico o psíquico que impide a una persona, de manera transitoria o definitiva, realizar [sus funciones normales.]

CONT

Los conceptos de discapacidad e incapacidad están relacionados con la desventajosa [situación] de una persona debida a deficiencias, lesiones o enfermedades que limitan su funcionalismo en el ámbito personal, social y/o laboral. Sin embargo, ambas situaciones presentan diferencias tanto desde el punto de vista conceptual como legislativo y social.

PHR

incapacidad laboral, incapacidad permanente, incapacidad permanente absoluta, incapacidad permanente parcial, incapacidad permanente temporal, incapacidad temporal

PHR

aumento del grado de incapacidad, disminución del grado de incapacidad

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Record 2 2014-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
CONT

Functional limitations must always be considered from the perspective of the person skilled in the art, with the question to be asked being: can the person skilled in the art practice, in view of the description, the full breadth of the claimed invention without recourse to undue experimentation or inventive ingenuity?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
CONT

Les limites fonctionnelles doivent toujours être considérées du point de vue de la personne versée dans l’art. C’est pourquoi il faut se demander si la personne versée dans l’art peut réaliser l’ensemble de l’invention telle que revendiquée, à la lumière de la description [...]

Spanish

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